DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS IS FEBRUARY 27TH!
Visit the TRICS 2026 event website where you can register to attend, submit an abstract, find the latest event details, and contact information.
TRICS 2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS JOHN LANDRUM
TRICS 2026 is pleased to announce John Landrum, Vice President for Innovation, Intralox, LLC. as our Keynote Speaker! Please join us on Wednesday, April 15th from 9:30a-10:30a at the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse to hear John discuss his and Intralox's approach to innovation.
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Awards
Tulane Innovation Institute - Congratulations to Miller Dickerson, Philip Kucher, and Pedram Azizi-Hariri on winning the Tulane Innovation Institute's award honors for demonstrating societal impact or technology development commercialization potential through their Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit (TRICS) posters at this year's event.
Over 500 people attended TRICS 2025 with more than 300 abstract submissions, 20 Lightning Talks, and 30 pieces of artwork!
TRICS 2025 Planning Committee Members
Photos of TRICS 2025
TRICS 2024
Thank you to our participants, panelists, lecturers, sponsors, and attendees for making TRICS 2024 a great experience!
Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit
April 23-25, 2024
The 2nd annual Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit (TRICS) was held at the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (LBC) from Tuesday, April 23rd to Thursday, April 25th. The event showcased the breadth and depth of research, innovation, and creativity from disciplines, departments, units, and schools across Tulane University. Graduate students, undergraduate students, trainees (postdocs, residents, and fellows), faculty, and research staff presented their research, scholarship, and achievements. TRICS also included distinguished lectures, panel discussions, and affiliated workshops.
Download the complete TRICS 2024 Schedule Innovation Institute Award Winners
A.I. Task Force Panel Discussion
AI Panel TRICS 2024
Giovanni Piedimonte, Vice President for Research
AI Task Force
Alessandra Bazzano, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Eugina Leung, School of Business
Aron Culotta, School of Science & Engineering
Susan Davies, School of Social Work
David Crosslin, School of Medicine
Onnig Dombalagian, School of Law
Zaid Kashef Alghata, School of Architecture
Q & A with AI Panel
Patrick Rafail, School of Liberal Arts
TRICS 2024 Distinguished Lecturer
Aron Culotta, PhD
Director, Tulane University Center for Community-Engaged Artificial Intelligence
Associate Professor of Computer Science, School of Science & Engineering
The Tulane University Innovation Institute Awards for TRICS 2024
Innovation and Societal Impact
The TRICS Innovation and Societal Impact award is a $1,000 cash prize awarded to the graduate student or faculty poster that best illustrates how their research impacts society. Based on the National Science Foundation’s definition of Broader Impacts.
Innovation and Technology Development
The TRICS Innovation and Technology Development award is a cash prize awarded to the
graduate student or faculty poster that best illustrates how their research could
successfully be commercialized through technology development.
